Year 3

Year 3 Curriculum Projects

YEAR 3 PROJECT - Rocks, Relics and Rumbles

In the Rocks, Relics and Rumbles project, your child will learn about the different layers of the Earth, including plate tectonics and their potential effects on the Earth's surface. They will investigate different types of rock to learn about their uses and properties. They will also investigate soil and fossils, including learning about the work of Mary Anning. They will have the opportunity to use maps to learn about the lines of latitude and longitude and a compass to learn about the cardinal and intercardinal points. They will also learn about volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis and the long and short-term consequences that these can have

Memorable Experience: 'Let's Rock!'

Geography: Layers of the Earth; Rocks; Plate tectonics; Ring of Fire; Features of volcanoes; Lines of latitude and longitude; Volcanic eruptions; Earthquakes and tsunamis; Compass points; Maps

History: Significant people - Mary Anning; Pompeii

This project is also supported by mini projects in; 

Science: Forces and Magnets

Art and Design: Ammonite

Design and Technology: Making it Move

Computing: lessons derived from D.A.R.E.S

Music: lessons derived from Kapow

PE: lessons derived from TeamThemeKent

PSHE: lessons derived from JIGSAW content

RE:  lessons derived from Kent SACRE scheme and Cornerstones RE projects 

 

More information about the Year 3 Curriculum can be found in the YEAR 3 Long Term Plan 2025-2026  document found below.

Year 3 Key Information

In Year 3, PE lessons are timetabled for Tuesday (Flag Football) and Wednesday (OAA).

Please make sure kits are in school and earrings are removed.

 

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English

W/c 30th March 2026

This week we finish work on 'the ridge' unit.  We will complete our final chunk before applying our learning to our piece of independent writing which will follow another of Danny MacAskill's journeys.

 

We will continue to work on our punctuation and grammar through daily starter activities.  This can be supported through access to Grammar Arcade on EdShed.

 

 

 

Spellings

We are continuing to work on their spelling mastery which can be accessed via EdShed.

This week we will continue looking at homophones (words that sound the same but have different meanings and different spellings).

This weeks homophones (to be assessed via dictation on Thursday 2nd April 2026 are:

blue

blew

whether

weather

male

mail

bored

board

won

one

sea

see

break

brake

seen

scene

https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/menu 

 

 

 

Maths

W/c 30th March 2026

This week we will conclude our 'Mass and Capacity' unit where we will add and subtract volumes before completing some challenge/reasoning questions on the unit. 

 

We will the complete our 'mass and capacity' post assessment as well as our 'fractions' pre assessment.  We will begin the fractions unit after the Easter break.

 

Please encourage your child to access Times Table Rock Stars at home. Their log in is the same as their Numbots log in. Their focus should currently be on the 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 times tables.

 

Below are links to Infinity quizzes to help further embed in class learning.

https://infinity.whiteroseeducation.com/Home 

 

Additional Information

We will be taking part in Forest school sessions during Term 5.  If you are able to help on any of the dates below please contact the office.

- 25th April

- 1st May

- 8th May

- 15th May

- 22nd May

Children need their reading book and reading record in school every day. 

Every child should have a coat each day - we believe that getting outside (no matter the weather) is important.  

PE kits should include a spare set of socks and a PE jumper/hoodie.

 

Show and Tell - now on Friday

Show and Tells are welcome on Fridays but these should be recent personal achievements or linked to our current class learning.

 

PE Days for Term 4 are Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

 

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We encourage the children to:

• Read every day for at least 15 minutes.
• Spend 15 minutes on TTRS or White Rose Infinity.
• Access their spellings on Spelling Shed
• Additional work may be sent home in a folder to help support your child with in class learning.